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Important News!

We now have Over 65's Flu Vaccinations available to those patients that have received an invitation to attend the Flu Clinics.

Under 65's Flu Vaccinations are now available to those patients that have received an invitation to attend the Flu Clinics. Please see Clinic Times listed under Further Information.

GDPR

WE'RE MAKING IT EASIER FOR YOU TO FIND OUT HOW WE HANDLE YOUR INFORMATION.

A new data privacy law is being introduced this year in the UK. As a result, we will be publishing a new Privacy Notice on the 25th May 2018, to make it easier for you to find out how we use and protect your information. We won't be changing the way we use your personal information but the new notice will provide you with additional details such as:

Your increased rights in relation to the information we hold about you.

How we keep your personal information secure.

The types of personal information The Atherstone Surgery collects about you and how we collect it and use it.

The legal grounds for how we use your information.

Our Data Protection Officer is Paul Couldrey.

We are now offering online services. You will have access to the following any day, at any time:

You can cancel or change appointments with your own GP, Request repeat prescriptions, see limited, basic information on your records such as medication and allergies.

You can also withdraw from this service at any point it's completely your choice.

You can still contact us in the same ways that you always have this is just an additional service to try and make things easier.

for more information please pick up a leaflet and a registration form from our reception.

How did we rate? CQC Report 2014

New Patient Registration

To register as a patient at this practice you simply need to bring in your medical card. This will have been sent to you when you registered at your old practice. If you cannot find this card, don't worry too much as we have forms you can fill in instead.

Providing you meet the relevant criteria, i.e. you live within the practice boundary, that there has never been any breakdown of relationships previously etc., there should be no reason why we will not accept your registration.

Patients are now no longer registered with an individual doctor but with the practice. However, please be advised that even though we will make every effort to give you an appointment with your usual doctor, this may not always be possible and there will be times when you are offered an appointment with another doctor. If you wish you may also request to see a different doctor to your usual doctor. You simply need to express this wish to the receptionist when booking your appointment and every effort will be made to comply with your registration request.

These fact sheets have been written to explain the role of UK health services, the National Health Service (NHS), to newly-arrived individuals seeking asylum. They cover issues such as the role of GPs, their function as gatekeepers to the health services, how to register and how to access emergency services.

Special care has been taken to ensure that information is given in clear language, and the content and style has been tested with user groups. Open the leaflets in one of the following languages

Temporary Registration

If you are ill while away from home or if you are not registered with a doctor but need to see one you can receive emergency treatment from the local GP practice for 14 days. After 14 days you will need to register as a temporary or permanent patient.

You can be registered as a temporary patient for up to three months. This will allow you to be on the local practice list and still remain a patient of your permanent GP. After three months you will have to re-register as a temporary patient or permanently register with that practice.

To register as a temporary patient simply contact the local practice you wish to use. Practices do not have to accept you as a temporary patient although they do have an obligation to offer emergency treatment. You cannot register as a temporary patient at a practice in the town or area where you are already registered.